Hinge for ink-well caps



(No Model.)

. E. OLDENBUSOH.

HINGE FOR INK WELL GAPS.

.No. 596,245. PatentedDeo. 28, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCI-I, OF. JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAMSOHIMPER & 00., OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

HINGE FOR INK-WELL CAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 596,245, dated December28, 1897.

' Application filed April 12, 1897. Serial No. 631,760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hinges for Ink-VVell Caps, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hinges, with the object inView of providing a very simple and inexpensive hinge for use in hingingthe cap of an ink well, bottle, or similar article to an ornamentalcover or mantle secured against unintentional removal upon the saidarticle.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of. aninkwell with an ornamental mantle and a cap hinged thereto in positionto close the mouth of the ink-well. Fig. 2 represents a back View of thesame. Fig. 3 represents a side view, with the cap being shown open. Fig.4 is a vertical central section from front to rear through the severalparts, and Fig. 5 represents in plan the blank which forms the mantleand the hinge-hook.

The article to which my improved mantle, with its cap hinged thereto, isrepresented as being applied in the accompanying drawings is anink-well, the body portion of which is represented by A, the well properby a, and the neck by a. The body portion of the well is shown herein asof rectangular form in horizontal and vertical cross-sections and theneck a as being circular in cross-section.

The mantle is denoted as a whole by B, and it is provided with wings I).In the present instance four Wings are shown, which are adapted to bebent down to embrace the sides, front, and back of the ink-well. Thismantle and its wings or flaps may be of any desired ornamental design. I

The mantle B is provided with a circular opening 12 in position topermit the neck a. of the ink-well to extend upwardly therethrough whenthe mantle is in position upon the same. This opening I) is preferablyso formed that some part of its wall will be caused to very snuglyimpinge against the outer wall of the neck ct as the mantle is forcedinto position upon the ink-well, so that the said mantle will be heldfirmly in position thereon against unintentional displacement. In thepresent instance I have shown the said opening as being slightlyeccentric to the neck a, asclearly shown in Fig. 5, in which the neckand the top edges of the ink-well are represented in dotted lines.

The mantle B is provided with a projection or tongue b which extendsinto the opening I), which projection is bent to form the hingehook forhinging the cap to the said mantle. The end of the said tongue b whichforms the hinge -hook when the hook has been formed, extends over thetop of the neck a and in close proximity thereto when the mantle is inposition.

The cap is denoted by O,and its open end 0 is adapted to fit upon theneck a when the said cap is closed.

The cap 0 is hinged to the mantle B in the following manner: Anelongated slot 0 is formed through the wall of the bottom portion of thecap at its back, through which portion the hook 1) upon the mantle ispassed before the mantle is pushed down into position upon the ink-well.When the mantle has been inserted into position, the cap 0 is therebyheld against removal from the mantle, and yet is permitted to open andclose the mouth of the Well a. To permit the cap 0 to have a freeswinging movement, its-bottom edge at its rear is preferably cut away,as shown at 0 and the base of the hook b may be spread, as shown at b tosubstantially fill the cut-away portion 0 when the cap is closed, if sodesired.

It will be seen from the above description that the mantle and cap formthe two parts of the hinge, thereby doing away with the necessity of ahinge-pintle or of soldering or securing any additional parts to themantle or the cap.

While I have described my improved hinge in connection with an ink-well,it is to be understood that the mantle and cap hinged thereto may beapplied to bottles or other like articles. Furthermore, it is to beunderstood that the articles to which these parts may be applied may beof any desired shape and size.

It is evident that slight changes may be resorted to in theconstruction, form, and arrangement of the several parts Withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not Wishto limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth, but

hat I claim is The combination with an article having a neck projectingfrom its body portion, of a mantle having an opening through which thesaid neck projects and wings adapted to embrace the sides, front andback of the article,

a cap fitted to said neck and having a slot at its back and a hookcarried by the mantle passing through the said slot in the neck, the

free end of the hook resting in proximity to I5 the neck for retainingthe said cap in its hinge connection with the mantle, substantially asset forth.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCI'I. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, C. S. SUNDGREN.

